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I couldn’t argue with this logic. Yes, though I love the people I lead and serve, I do sometimes feel this way. Read it and take it in love…as the author intended. http://www.benreed.net/index.php/2013/01/16/a-note-from-your-pastor/?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=

So what is this “Refuge” church all about anyway? I’ve tried over my time in the ministry to phrase it a thousand different ways, yet the mission remains as simple as ever…Love God and Love People. But what do those simple words really mean?

Well into the fray we go. I just read an excellent free e-book by Mark Driscoll about the legalization of pot for recreational use in his home state of Washington. I think it’s an excellent treatment on the subject and worthy of the 10 minutes it’ll take you to read it. Download the free pdf … [Read more…]

People familiar with Refuge Community Church know that we are passionate about fulfilling the gospel by caring for people as we’re told to do in James. So we focus a WHOLE LOT on meeting the practical needs of the homeless and poor in our community. But lest we forget, there is even more to the gospel. If … [Read more…]

I follow some of my favorite pastor-role-models on Twitter and while reading something an author I really admire wrote, I decided to go and google him to see if I could find a message he had written on a topic I was interested in. So I typed in his name and up popped a page … [Read more…]